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OCEAN'S STORY;

OR,

Triumphs of Thirty Centuries;

A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF

MARITIME ADVENTURES,

ACHIEVEMENTS, EXPLORATIONS, DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS:

AND OF THE

RISE AND PROGRESS OF SHIP-BUILDING AND OCEAN NAVIGATION

FROM

THE ARK TO THE IRON STEAMSHIPS,

BY

FRANK B. GOODRICH, Esq.

AUTHOR OF "LETTERS OF DICK TINTO,' "THE COURT OF NAPOLEON," &C.

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ADVENTURES BENEATH THE SEA; DIVING,
DREDGING, DEEP SEA SOUNDING, LATEST SUBMARINE EX-
PLORATIONS, &c., &c., PREPARED WITH GREAT CARE

HUBBARD BROS., PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, AND CINCINNATI;
VALLEY PUBLISHING Co., ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO; A. L. BANCROFT & Co.,
SAN FRANCISCO; JOHN FLEEHARTY, DAVENPORT, IOWA; H. A. W.
BLACKBURN, DETROIT, MICH.; G. L. BENJAMIN, FON DU LAC,
WIS.; SCHUYLER SMITH & Co., LONDON, ONTARIO.

1873.